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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.409
EAN: 9780061176289
ISBN: 0061176281
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: July 01, 2007
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: June 26, 2007
Sales Rank: 637726
Studio: Harper Perennial
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Product Description:
One of the most exhilarating true adventures in history, the race into space was marked by courage, duplicity, political paranoia, astonishing technological feats, and unbelievable triumphs in the face of overwhelming adversity. It is the story of an unparalleled rivalry between superpowers and of the two remarkable men at the center of the conflict. On the American side was Wernher von Braun, the camera-friendly former Nazi scientist, who was granted hero status and almost unlimited resources by a government panicked at the thought of the Cold War enemy taking the lead. The Soviet program was headed by Sergei Korolev, a former political prisoner whose identity was a closely guarded state secret. Korolev was expected to—and did—work miracles on a shoestring budget, his cooperation assured through intimidation and threats of possible disgrace or death. These rivals were opposite in every way, save for one: each was obsessed with the idea of launching a man to the Moon.
Deborah Cadbury's extraordinary history combines action and suspense with a moving portrayal of the space race's human dimension. Using source materials never before available, she tells a riveting story of the espionage, ambition, ingenuity, and passion behind humankind's mind-bending voyage beyond the bounds of Earth.
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As others have stated, this book ends at the Apollo moon landings, which is unfortunate. I feel that it should have continued on to describe both the "space station race" and the "shuttle race" that went on long after the Apollo program ended. The book covers the first 25 years of the space programs but effectively ignores the subsequent decades where it actually became possible to live in space.
What about the development of the Salylut space stations, Soviet Buran shuttle orbiter and ... Read More
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"Space Race" tells story of the Space Race through parallel biographies of the two great rocket designers Werner von Braun on the American side and Sergei Korolev on the Soviet side.
The results are patchy. The narrative is disjointed, the language is florid, and many details of the Korolev story seem merely speculative - but it makes for a racy read. Given these attributes this book may be more appropriate for teenagers or older children. Not terrible but could have been much better.
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I too have read the Australian edition of this book, and yes it is full of strange expressions and obvious typo errors ... but its an entertaining read nonetheless.
Its a well conceived book on the 2 key men on either side of the space race, that is periodically let down by annoying detail errors that a simple proofread could have fixed.
You therefore begin to wonder if his real name is Korolov or Korolev or Kerolov ... or maybe even Molotov ? ... its worth a read
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This book is well written and filled with little know facts regarding the Soviets. It was interesting to read about the infighting and problems the Soviets faced during the 1950's and 1960's.
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I take issue when an author says they're writing a comprehensive history, yet focuses upon a few personalities in order to frame the story.
Cadbury has set this up as a 'Korlev vs. Von Braun' story which gives the book a kind of tabloid feel. Certainly any history of the space race would devote good chunks to the work of these two men, but to overly focus upon their work leaves out too much to qualify this book as a 'must read'. Certainly Von Braun deserves plenty of credit in ... Read More
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